Glory on the Field and Grace in Our Hearts with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Eugene Cho
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
Jesus Calling
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🗓️ 29 February 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
People of faith have many opportunities to demonstrate how that faith leads and guides them. As a star athlete recognizes where their gifts and talents come from on a platform for all to see, we can also be faithful in our normal daily interactions with others, demonstrating grace—especially when we disagree—and showing kindness, understanding, and humility, all which reflect the love of Christ in our lives.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, an American hurdler and sprinter, competes in the 400 meter hurdles. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion with the Games record, and 2022 World champion with a world record time of 50.68 seconds. It takes work to be the kind of athlete Sydney has become, but she always acknowledges the One who gave her the talent and the strength to persevere in her sport. Eugene Cho is a pastor, author, and the president of Bread for the World, a Christian advocacy organization that is committed to ending hunger. Many years ago, while pastoring a church, Eugene noticed a tension that was sweeping through his congregation—and it involved groups of people who disagreed strongly over faith and politics. Over time, he began to look at these situations, drawing parallels from the life of Jesus and how He handled those who disagreed with Him and His work.
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Interview Quotes:
“God really helped to rework my mind and my heart to truly put Him on the throne of my life. And because of that, I was able to reprioritize how I viewed track and field and how I prepared for races, how I viewed wins versus losses.” - Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
“I can show up to the track every day and understand that this is a gift He's given me that win, lose, or draw, it's an opportunity to glorify Him, and my value is already secure in Christ.” - Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
“I want to make sure that I'm keeping company with people that are not just people that will agree with everything that I will say, that are willing to challenge me, but also making sure that I'm rooted and guided in the gospel through Jesus Christ.” - Eugene Cho
“I just think it's really important that we be wise, cautious, careful not to dehumanize those that we disagree with, because in our self-righteousness, we can become the very things that we criticize in others and not even know it.” - Eugene Cho
“We have to understand that the ultimate call for us as followers of Jesus is not to be successful. It's not to be outrageous. It's not to be the loudest. It's not to be the one that's most heard, but the one that's rooted in Christ, who seeks to be faithful, who walks with integrity, who seeks to love like Jesus loved, including making sure that we're mindful of the lessons of the Good Samaritan.” - Eugene Cho
“I think it's so important that we understand that everything that we do as followers of Christ must be rooted in this commandment to love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. That’s our anchor and our foundation.” - Eugene Cho
“Maybe part of the reason why I have always appreciated the invitation to spend time in God's Word on a regular basis is so that as we go about doing this work, we don't lose ourselves in the blustery winds of our culture and times.” - Eugene Cho
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| 0:00.0 | Join us on YouTube for The Jesus Listen's Stories of Prayer web series hosted by Susie McIntyre |
| 0:05.9 | Eaten. |
| 0:06.9 | This series features interviews with guests sharing how prayer made an impact in their lives. |
| 0:11.6 | Subscribe on YouTube now. |
| 0:16.6 | I think that me being able to show, |
| 0:20.2 | even in losses that I'm satisfied in the Lord and his plan for me is the best thing I could do because it shows people that I'm not relying on winning to be okay. |
| 0:30.0 | It shows that even someone who has world records and gold medals still needs the Lord. |
| 0:37.0 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. |
| 0:40.0 | People of faith have many opportunities to demonstrate how that faith leads and guides them. |
| 0:45.0 | As a star athlete recognizes where their gifts and talents come from on a platform for all to see, |
| 0:50.1 | we can also be faithful in our normal daily interactions with others, |
| 0:53.4 | demonstrating grace, especially when we disagree, |
| 0:56.1 | and showing kindness, understanding, and humility, |
| 0:59.2 | all which reflect the love of Christ in our lives. |
| 1:08.0 | Our first guest is Sidney McLaughlin, Larone, an American hurdler and sprinter who competes in the 400 meter hurdles. |
| 1:13.0 | She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion |
| 1:15.6 | with the game's record and 2022 world champion |
| 1:19.2 | with a world record time of 50.68 seconds. It takes work to be the kind of athlete Sydney has become, but she |
| 1:25.7 | always acknowledges the one who gave her the talent and the strength to persevere in her |
| 1:29.8 | sport. So both of my parents were in track. My dad mainly focused on the 400 and my mom were in the 800 and yeah they put my older sister in track my older brother in track kind of just when they were young, you know, five, six years old to keep them active. |
| 1:50.0 | I think my parents, I credit them so much for how they handled you know just my young years they didn't |
| 1:55.4 | want to overwhelm me with rigorous training at a young age they really wanted me to grow and develop, number one, my body and number two, just like my love for the sport naturally, not because they wanted to force me into anything, not because I had some coach that wanted me to go win nationals. |
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